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Common Names
Psyllium
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 3270.0 | 15000.0 | -1.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Seed | 0.3 | 1.4 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 118.0 | 540.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -1.57 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Seed | 5.0 | 21.0 | 2.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 83000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 782000.0 | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | 0.5 | 2.1 | -1.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarthritic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |